Harbor Freight Tire changer - 4 mins: Tips Tricks Modifications
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- Harbor freight manual tire changer. 4 minute tutorial with tips, tricks and modifications
Easy to use: This was the 3rd tire I changed. - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
Good 4 minute video that covers everything that others take 40 minutes or more. You, sir, are a TH-cam hero. Thanks.
i bet i've watched most every HF tire changer and bubble balancer video trying to learn how to change and balance my truck tires myself (i know tire shops got to make money but they've gotten sloppy,pricey and rude lately) and i have yet to see the two iron trick...................................................................brilliant!
I have a harbor freight tire changer and learned from this video. Thank you.
BRILLIANT!
The machine iron and crowbar in opposite directions is an epiphany to me.
The two bar removal trick is nice. Gonna try that next time. I will say that install would be much easier with this thing bolted down. Lets you use more leverage for the install. I had very little luck with the stock mounting bar end shape. I bought a plastic "duck bill" off the jungle website and bolted it to my bar. Works perfect every time. And it does not gouge the lip of the wheel rim like the stock steel bar can (and does).
The thing to remember about using this type of changer is that it has limitations. R&R on soft little car tires is a pretty simple thing. Get some stiff sidewall sporty tires or truck tires, and things get more difficult. It can be done, but it ain't as easy as what most folks show on you tube.
The secret is a soft tire, warming them up is essential, nice job
The additional use of the crowbar is genius !
I bought one of these tire changers years ago. Great tool. I was 13 working at a local garage changing tires on these old changers. There are a few tips to using them. Keep part of the tire BELOW THE BEAD!!!! SOAPY WATER. I could remove a tire, clean the rim and replace in just a few minutes. Push the tire below the bead! It’s key!
...last night I spent almost an hour wrestling with an old tire on my buddy's trailer....sucker just did not want to come off the rim. I had three flat bars (harbor freight) and of course the big
red tool that came with the Harbor Freight setup....finally had to use my little floor jack and a two foot piece of 2x4 and push up from the floor....old tire finally gave way and I was covered
in sweat and done for the night. I was really dreading tackling the second tire today, but after watching your "double bar" trick, I was hopeful....and be damned, it worked....thanks so much
for a great DIY tip!... :)
If the tire youre removing is shot anyway, dont fight it! Cut it off with an angle grinder or even a jig/saber saw... Saves gettin hurt, cussing a lot, throwing stuff and high blood pressure!
Soapy water or any type of lubricant is a must. A little lubrication goes along way( Remember, you have to lick it before you stick it😁) Without lubricant, you will just be fighting yourself and the rubber of the tire instead of gliding over it
I use that fire trick to inflate the tire on everyone single one that I do. It works every time
Short, sweet and to the point - thanks!
Best method I have seen , using the manual tire changer. Thanks!
I've seen all the tire changer videos and their mods here on yt (yes the russian videos as well o), I think your video is the only one showing the double-bar/opposite direction trick. Looks easy! Thank you for that! Will try that next time. I struggled hard at my first attempt and damaged the inner bead of my practice-tire. I used the soap, the bead-in-center position and took my time, but I couldn't get it off/on without damaging the bead, parts of rubber came lose. Maybe the tire was just too old to handle that procedure, but I did not see anybody else having this problem so far. Well, thanks again and all the best! o)
That double bar trick makes it so easy. With a single bar it's a lot tougher
I would defiantly use the long bar instead of using manual force to break the tire beads. No fire for me! But your idea of using the fancy crowbar is fantastic.
I cut an 8" 3/4 plywood disc, with a slot cut for wheel alignment pin, to use to aid retaining allow wheels on the tire changer.
Concise fast video with very useful information. I'm setting up my HF tire changer this week and I already have that extra pry bar. ( Great idea btw ). So thanks for sharing this video.
I watch all the videos for using this thing bro u made it look so easy
Thanks for the video. You did it different than others I've seen.
quick simple content. Nice job
That's cool I never thought of that great job thanks for sharing this
What a great tip thanks so much pop's got one of these tire changer I definitely will use this tip
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Nice video and learned a lot from it. My obvious question "balancing". I didn't see where the tire was balanced. Was it? Did I miss something?
i like the two bars to take off the tire
Your double bar method looks great! Not sure why you didn't use the bar to break the bead😉
First tip , when breaking the head use the bar laying on the floor right behind your feet twit. It's made to fit in the lever and the mechanical advantage it gives makes bead breaking easy .
Calling him a twit is unkind. Please try to be a better person.
@@laslopferg1805 your right , you're the twit
It wouldn't help because the machine is not bolted down
Or just jump on it.. lol. Whatever works ;)
I have the same set up. I can’t imagine trying to dismount and mount a tire without having the machine bolted into the floor. I feel like it would be impossible. I just remove the machine when I’m done using it and before I use it next time I blow the holes out with compressed air Before I reinstall the bolts in the floor
Hey I noticed off camera but heard you jack go down with your impact gun . did you weld a lugnut to the jack ? I did the same thing works great.
great content. I think I will order the tire removal tool
Thanks. They do work great with a second bar
Nice soft tires. Do you bother balancing them?
you are the man
From my personal experience, it appeared you cut off (censored) from 3:09 minute the MOST CHALLENGING part of tire moutnting on to the rim, and falsely make it appear as piece of cake.🤣🤣🤣
Great !!!
Thanks
This might help someone: Ramset Threaded Insert Ss Socket Anchor M10 X 65 Mm
Gives you a flush Mount recessed thread in concrete floor to anchor things. Perfect to anchor these tyre changers when in use, unbolt tyre changer and store when not in use.
I’d screw in a cap head bolt to keep the hole and threads clean when not in use.
Otherwise a larger frame to secure the tyre changer
Hey I'm in lakewood Colorado! I subd to support my fellow coloradoians
thank you neighbor. very much appreciated. I try to do a lot of photo and video in the community and colorado.
I’m thinking a chain to restrain the bead breaker from slipping off the bead - hook chain to opposite side of wheel.
Sometimes I have trouble breaking the bead. I use soapy water, and sometimes have to keep rotating the tire several times around before the bead actually does break it can be I pain in the ass But with perseverance it gets gone
Can you provide a link to where you purchased that yellow bar? It looked like a crow bar, but I've never seen a crowbar quite like that.
Not sure. I've always had it. Any crow bar should work
@@TheColorado303Life I use a long tire changing flat bar instead of a crowbar.
Genius.
Thank you for your demonstration. I notice you did not bolt it down to concrete and it seems to work fine. What exactly did you to base so it doesn't need to bolt to the floor ?
looks like he welded the base plates together to the post. Kinda crazy how he didn't bolt it down for extra leverage but I guess the two bar method works so good he doesn't need it
Allan Hong, take note, there is a 2" square tubing welded to the base so that it can be attached to a vehicle's towing hitch. I did something similar to mine, but it clamps to the tire changer and can be removed afterwards for storing the tire changer away
yes I just welded on a larger base. works well and the 2 bars uses less force
what jack is that and is there a socket on it@@TheColorado303Life
If you put the wheel further from the post the breaker works better... it pushes out into the gap instead of slipping straight down. I like your opposite dual-bar technique. A little fast-forward on that back bead, eh? Never forget that the secret to tires is the central gap in the wheel... that's what allows you to slip the tire over the rim, where the wheel is narrowest.
@@thedong5383 The space I'm talking about is a sunken ring around the wheel, normally closer to the outside of the wheel. The tire bead cannot stretch, there is very strong wire inside, so it has to be pushed down into that gap so its circumference can go around the wheel rim to be mounted. I had good luck mounting the tool to boards... one 2m (6') across the width, then one 1m (3') down the breaker bar leg. I used 3.5" lag screws to mount the apparatus to the boards. I removed one bolt from the base so I could have two lag screws on the leg toward you. OK, this is not a good description... go to my channel and watch my video, I just uploaded it now, might take a minute.
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That was very smooth and easy compared to the first guys video. Now I am re- encouraged to buy one.
But can we perhaps use a type of oil instead of soap and water?😳
like astroglyde :-)
You can buy tire lubricant, but why bother when soap and water is essentially free as long as you pay your water bill and do your dishes with it. You can also use old antifreeze or motor oil before you get rid of it. Anything to lubricate the tire will help. You might as well You as what you have on hand already that way you not have to pay for anything extra
DOUBLE BAR IS A GREAT IDEA
The long bar won't work with putting tires back on alloy wheels, though.
he just installed a tire on an alloy wheel. Did you watch the video?
Great tip using the pry bar. I just ordered one of those from HF. I need to come up with something that will protect and prevent painted rims from getting nicked and all scratched up.
SUGGESTION ::::BOLT YOU RED TIRE STAND DOWN TO A LARGE PLYWOOD BASE OR INTO THE CONCRETE... SO IT WONT MOVE ....
Do you have trouble with tire balance?
To balance you need a tire balance in addition
first mistake the wheel removed from car then brake the bead, 2 why not use handle to brake bead less effort, what about the marks left on rim after using crow bar, and how come the rims have changed from steel to mag wheel
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Double bars great idea demounting , but flame is not!!!
Yeah, the flame is not a necessity but just makes the video a little more dramatic.. haha
I found without the Fire method inflating the tires can be a royal pain in the ass. I use the fire method every single time never had a problem with it and it works like a charm just don’t use too much flammable substance or you’ll be in a world of hurt Less more
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when changing a tire
saying the following mantra
brings a blessing
"Evolution is a Conspiracy Theory"
therefore, yu cannot train any primate to change a tire.